by Guest Author | Jul 8, 2021 | Caregiving 101 |
Caregiving will forever have a new outlook following the ongoing pandemic. From unpaid caregiving to the increased duties of professional caregivers, there has been little or no respite over this past year. And we still keep going, with many cities across the globe... 
by External Article | Mar 19, 2021 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Generation X, Sandwich Generation, Working Family Caregivers |
Tired and on edge, I was worried by rumblings from my husband Brad’s doctors that they might send him home soon. At the time of the bat incident, he had been hospitalized for nearly four months in the wake of a stem cell transplant. The transplant saved his life from... 
by External Article | Mar 17, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Generation X |
In despair, I typed “caregiver” into Google, planning to follow it up with “resources” or “support group.” The first search the autofill suggested, however, was “caregiver burnout.” I sighed and clicked. That morning, I’d cried my way through a miserable appointment... 
by External Article | Mar 16, 2021 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
After spending four months in the hospital, becoming temporarily blind and unable to walk, eat, dress or use the toilet on his own, he was given his discharge papers. A doctor told Ms. Washington that her husband would need 24-hour care and “could not be left alone... 
by External Article | Mar 9, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Romantic Partner, For Friends & Family, Working Family Caregivers |
My husband had been in the hospital, critically ill, for weeks one day when I broke down in tears during a workout. Concerned gym buddies consoled me and someone said, “You’ve got to stay positive!” “Do I, though?” I wanted to ask. I was urged to stay positive a lot... 
by External Article | Feb 22, 2021 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Finances, Working Family Caregivers |
For four months, my husband, Brad, had been recovering from a stem-cell transplant that saved his life from aggressive lymphoma. The hospital administration said he must go home, but he needed a level of support that, I thought, only a hospital could provide. I became... 
by External Article | Nov 2, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
Brad had lost his vision along with the ability to digest food in the wake of a stem cell transplant — the only treatment for relapsed aggressive lymphoma. His doctors at UC Davis Medical Center’s bone marrow transplant unit put him on total parenteral nutrition, an... 
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